Feast for Your Eyes in McIntyre Library

By Shannon Swodzinski, as a writing project for CJ 477

Tired of seeing the construction on campus? McIntyre Library is featuring three Blugolds’ sculptures throughout the building for students to enjoy. Renee Ewer, Alexander Graham and Mai Lou Yang created sculptures for Professor Cedar Marie’s Art 365: Site-Specific Art class in a different area of the library in an “artistic and creative way.”

The students were given various sites to work with and each chose one for their final sculptures. After the preliminary models were completed by the three students, they presented their pieces to Interim Library Director Jill Markgraf and Program Associate Trista Anderson to approve the final large-scale sculptures.

The final sculptures are now available to view on different floors of the McIntyre Library and include the following items, a chair, paper cranes, and paper flowers. Renee Ewer created a chair that resembles a tree stump, but still has the comfortable qualities of a recliner. Ewer wanted to construct a sculpture that the viewer could interact with on a “tangible and mental level.” Alexander Graham entitled his sculpture of 60 paper cranes, “Paper Wishes,” with each crane containing a wish written on it that he collected from the public. A Japanese myth inspired Graham for this artwork and it can be seen hanging in the stairwell of the library. Lastly, Mai Lou Yang created a wall piece which includes various sizes of white and blue flowers. With finals just around the corner, Yang wanted to bring a “calming presence” to the library to help other students relax during the end of the semester.

All of these sculptures are available for viewing throughout McIntyre Library, but if you don’t have a chance to see it in person, you can visit the library’s Facebook page to see the students with their artwork.
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Summer 2017 Library Hours (May 22 - September 5)

McIntyre Library's summer hours session hours (May 22-August 6) are as follows:

• 8 am - 6 pm, Monday - Friday
• CLOSED on Saturday & Sunday

The library is closed on Monday, May 29 for Memorial Day and Tuesday, July 4 for Independence Day and will close early, at 4:30 pm, on June 9 (last day of interim) and August 4 (last day of summer classes).

When no classes are in session (August 7 - September 5) the library will be open:

• 8 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday
• CLOSED on Saturday and Sunday

The library will be closed on Monday, September 4 for Labor Day.

Therapy Dogs, Free Coffee, Free Pancakes During Finals Week

As a special finals week treat, library staff and Chancellor Jim will be making freshly flipped pancakes for all UW-Eau Claire students studying for finals in McIntyre Library on Sunday, May 14 from 8-10 pm.  Best of all, it's entirely free!

McIntyre Library will also be offering students free coffee during finals week at 10 pm each night starting on Sunday, May 14 and running through Thursday, May 18.

Finally, the library has a variety of therapy dogs visiting the week before and during finals week.

Pre Finals Week:

• Tuesday, May 9
• 4-5 pm: Meet Jada the fox lab mix
• Wednesday, May 10
• 5-6 pm: Meet Seeker & Racy the Shelties
• 6-7 pm: Meet Nelson the Goldendoodle

Finals Week:

• Monday, May 15
• 3-4 pm: Meet Luna the Yellow Lab & Fran the Yellow Lab Mix
• 4-5 pm: Meet Jada the fox lab mix
• Tuesday, May 16
• 5-6 pm: Meet Nelson the Goldendoodle
• Wednesday, May 17
• 10-11 am: Meet Seeker & Racy the Shelties
• 5-6 pm: Meet Bella and Chloe the Golden Retrievers
• 6-7 pm: Meet Yoda, Flash, Ellie, and Kooper the Border Collies
• Thursday, May 18
• 5:30-7 pm: Meet Ziva the Australian Kelpie & Genevieve the Blue Heeler, Charlie the Cocker Spaniels

Pre-finals and Finals Week Hours (5/7 - 5/21)

McIntyre Library will be extending its hours the week before and of finals (5/7-5/21). The hours are as follows:

Sun. (5/7): 11:00 am - 1:00 am
Mon. (5/8): 7:00 am - Open 24 hrs.
Tue. (5/9): Open 24 hrs.
Wed. (5/10): Open 24 hrs.
Thu. (5/11): Open 24 hrs.
Fri. (5/12): Open until Midnight
Sat. (5/13): 7:30 am - Midnight

Sun. (5/14): 7:30 am - Open 24 hrs.
Mon. (5/15): Open 24 hrs.
Tue. (5/16): Open 24 hrs.
Wed. (5/17): Open 24 hrs.
Thu. (5/18): Open 24 hrs.
Fri. (5/19): Open until 7 pm
Sat. (5/20): CLOSED

Sun. (5/21): CLOSED

McIntyre Library will be open 8 am - 6 pm, M-F and closed on weekends during the summer when class is in session.

Social Explorer now available

McIntyre Library has activated a subscription to 

Social Explorer, a database that enables you to access historic and contemporary Census, business, crime, health, and religion data. Even better—Social Explorer enables you to map your data. This resource also features data from Canada, the U.K., Europe, and the World Bank.

Social Explorer is accessible from the library’s Statistics & Numeric Database list. To schedule an individual tutorial, contact Robin Miller (millerob@uwec.edu).

Research Coaching @ McIntyre: April 10-14, 24-28

It's that time of the year...end of the semester papers will be coming due shortly. In order to help UW-Eau Claire students out, McIntyre Library has set aside time for 20-minute Research Coaching sessions for all students.

Library staff can help students at any stage of the research process in any discipline!

To sign-up for 20 minutes of research coaching at McIntyre Library's Research Center (1st floor) go to https://mcintyrelibrary.youcanbook.me/index.jsp and select a time that works for you!

Have questions? Email library.reference@uwec.edu

McIntyre Library Newsletter - Spring 2017

McIntyre Library just released Issue #85 of our newsletter, Off the Shelf

Articles inside the newsletter include:

• A farewell letter from director John Pollitz
• Introduction to the interim director Jill Markgraf
• Introductions to the interim heads of research and instruction
• Introduction to our new employee, Roxanne Backowski
• Part two of our history of McIntyre series
• Recent acquisitions to the library

And so much more!


You can get to the newsletter by clicking on the link above or using this link. Enjoy!

Questions or comments? Contact the editor at vandezjl@uwec.edu

Color Printing Now Available in McIntyre Library

Good news! Color printing is now available to all library users.

How this service works:

• Email your document as an attachment to libcolorprint@uwec.edu
• Prints can be picked up and paid for at the circulation desk on the first floor.
• Cost is $.35 per page
• Only 8.5" x 11" printing on white paper is available
• Only one-sided printing is available

Please contact staff at the circulation desk if you have any questions.

Library Hosting 3rd Annual Backgammon Tournament April 1st

Backgammon Set

McIntyre Library at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will host the 3rd annual Eau Claire backgammon tournament on April 1 starting at 1 pm. The tournament, which is FREE and open to UW-Eau Claire students and all residents of the Chippewa Valley is for beginners and experienced players alike.

How the tournament works

Backgammon Bracket

The tournament will have a maximum of 32 players (two sixteen team brackets).  
Registration is required to enter the tournament.

Location
McIntyre Library will host all rounds of the tournament and is located on the UW-Eau Claire campus at 105 Garfield Ave. Eau Claire, WI 54702.  Parking at UW-Eau Claire is free on the weekends.  Please consult this map (PDF) for location information.  Suggested locations to park are the Phillips Lot or Hibbard Lot.

Registration
Registration is FREE and is required to participate in the tournament.  To register send an email indicating your interest in participating to Hans Kishel, UW-Eau Claire librarian: kishelhf@uwec.edu.

Please register no later than March 30, 2017.  If space is available registrants will be taken on day of tournament.

Questions should be directed to Hans Kishel (kishelhf@uwec.edu, 715-836-2959).
 

Jill Markgraf Appointed Interim Director of Libraries

Jill Markgraf has been appointed Interim Director of Libraries at UW-Eau Claire following the departure of John Pollitz in February.

Jill started working at McIntyre Library in 1998 and since 2008 was the head of the library's research & instruction department.

You may contact Jill at markgrjs@uwec.edu or 715-836-5357.

Blugold Radio Coming to McIntyre Library

Blugold Radio, the Chippewa Valley's only indie rock station, is moving into McIntyre Library. The radio station will be located near the library's mall entrance on the first floor.

Construction on the new Blugold Radio home began in late February 2017 and it is anticipated that the radio station will be broadcasting from their new home in April 2017. The station will be staffed during regular business hours M-F and at intermittent times in the evenings.

For more information, please contact Scott Morfitt, station manager for Blugold Radio (scott@blugoldradio.org).

Farewell John Pollitz, Library Director

John Pollitz, director of McIntyre Library since 2007, will be leaving UW-Eau Claire on February 24. He will be going "home" to his alma mater, Southern Illinois University Carbondale where he will be dean of Library Affairs.

Please join us in saying goodbye to John on Wednesday, February 22 from 3-5 pm in the McIntyre Library's 1st floor Research Center.

Congratulations & best wishes John!

One Book, One Community - Reading "Evicted"

McIntyre Library and the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library have teamed up to host a reading program entitled "One Book, One Community." This program will feature a handful of events in which participants will read and discuss Matthew Desmond's book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. Events run from Tuesday, January 31 to Saturday, February 4.

One Book, One Community is a reading program designed to encourage literacy and civic involvement by reading a single book which highlights issues relevant to our community. This collaboration is for all members of the UW-Eau Claire (students, faculty, staff) and greater Eau Claire community. 

Evicted was written by UW-Madison alumnus, Matthew Desmond. Desmond documents the increasingly frequent experience of housing instability for poor, renting families. Through the interwoven stories of eight families living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Desmond illustrates the human impacts of a shifting economic and policy landscape. The book was selected as one of The 10 Best Books of 2016 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.

Desmond received his doctorate from UW–Madison in 2010. He is an associate professor of sociology and social studies at Harvard University and an affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty at UW – Madison. In 2015, he received a MacArthur “genius” grant.

For questions please contact Eric Jennings, Outreach Coordinator & Instruction Librarian (jenninge@uwec.edu; 715-836-4076).

Schedule of Events - Click to Enlarge

Tuesday, January 31: Book Discussions
12–1 p.m. • UW – Eau Claire Campus, Old Library Room 1142
6–7:30 p.m. • L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Facilitators will lead discussions of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.

Wednesday, February 1: UW – Eau Claire Faculty Panel Discussion
4–5:30 p.m. • McIntyre Library, 2nd Floor Breezeway
UW – Eau Claire faculty will share their research for a better understanding of the topics covered in the book Evicted.

Thursday, February 2: Eviction and Poverty in the Chippewa Valley
6–7:30 p.m. • L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Moderated panel discussion focused on how eviction and homelessness impact the Chippewa Valley.

Saturday, February 4: Housing Inspections and the Health Department
10:30 a.m.– noon • L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Learn about Health Department programs to support safe and sanitary living conditions, how to report a complaint, and what the Health Department looks for during complaint and housing inspections.

Winterim 2017 Hours

McIntyre Library is open during Winterim 2017 (1/3-1/22) the following hours:

• Sunday: CLOSED
• Monday: 8 am - 6 pm
• Tuesday: 8 am - 6 pm
• Wednesday: 8 am - 6 pm
• Thursday: 8 am - 6 pm
• Friday: 8 am - 6 pm
• Saturday: CLOSED

The library is closed for the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, January 16.

The library will close early on Friday, January 20 at 4:30 pm for the last day of Winterim classes.

The library will open at 7 am on Monday, January 23 for the start of the spring semester.

Winter Break Hours (12/23/16 - 1/3/17)

McIntyre Library is open a reduced number of hours during Winter Break (12/23/16-1/3/17). The hours are as follows:

•  Fri (12/23): 8 am - 4:30 pm
• Sat (12/24): CLOSED

• Sun (12/25): CLOSED
• Mon (12/26): CLOSED
• Tue (12/27): 8 am - 4:30 pm
• Wed (12/28): 8 am - 4:30 pm
• Thu (12/29): 8 am - 4:30 pm
• Fri (12/30): 8 am - 4:30 pm
• Sat (12/31): CLOSED

• Sun (1/1/17): CLOSED
• Mon (1/2/17): CLOSED
• Tue (1/3/17): 8 am - 6 pm

Winterim hours start on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 8 am.

Finals Week Therapy Dogs

McIntyre Library will be hosting therapy dogs for finals week.  The following is a listing of each day the library will be hosting a dog, its name, and breed.

• Wednesday, December 14
• 11-noon: Jada the Red/Fox Lab Mix
• 6-7 pm: Bella & Kelsey the Golden Retrievers
• Thursday, December 15
•  5-6 pm: Yoda, Flash, and Ellie the Border Collies
• 6-7 pm: Bella & Chloe the Golden Retrievers
• Friday, December 16
• 10-11 am: Racy & Seeker the Shelties
• Sunday, December 18
• 3-4 pm: Jada the Red/Fox Lab Mix
• 4-5 pm: Fritz the Tibetan Terrier
• 5-6 pm: Beau the Flat-Coated Retriever
• Monday, December 19
• Noon-1 pm: Nelson the Goldendoodle
• Tuesday, December 20
• 10-11 am: Luna the Yellow Lab & Fran the Yellow Lab/Golden Mix
• 2-4 pm: Madison the Goldendoodle
• Wednesday, December 21
• 2-3 pm: Madison the Goldendoodle
• Thursday, December 22
• 10-11:30 am: Nelson the Goldendoodle

22nd Annual Giving Project to Support HMAA Rice Pantry

Today McIntyre Library kicks off its annual holiday giving project raising money for a local organization’s work against hunger in our community. 

For the 22nd year, the UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library Staff Association, a voluntary organization composed of library faculty and staff, is sponsoring an annual fundraiser to benefit the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association (HMAA).

Funds are used to purchase rice for the organization's rice pantry. Last year the Staff Association was able to raise funds to buy over 9000 pounds of rice for the HMAA.

“In a year when many communities across the country are reporting increased acts of racism and marginalization, it is especially important to support our neighbors and let them know we value them as members of our community,” said Jill Markgraf, Head of Research and Instruction at McIntyre.

The HMAA is a social service agency that serves the local Hmong community by operating a food pantry and assisting in housing, employment and translating services. The agency also works with other area services to assist the local Hmong community.

A donation of $20 can feed a family of five or six for a month.

Donations will be collected now through the 31st of December.

Donations are tax deductible and can be made online at https://connect.uwec.edu/library by selecting Holiday Giving Project – HMAA Rice Pantry as the donation designation.

Donations can be made as gifts, memorials and tributes to someone. 

To do so, select Memorial/Tribute under What prompted you to give today.

Checks, made payable to UW-Eau Claire Foundation and indicating Holiday Giving Project – HMAA Rice Pantry on the memo line, or cash should be submitted via mail or campus mail to Jenna Vande Zande in McIntyre Library. 

Donations also may be dropped off at the library Research Center or in the donation box near the circulation desk on the first floor of the library.

For more information, see http://libguides.uwec.edu/hmaagiving  or contact Jenna Vande Zande at (715)-836-3421 or vandezjl@uwec.edu

New Historical Exhibit on Display on 5th Floor

By Sarah Beer, McIntyre Library Special Collections Student Assistant

In the spring of 2016, fifteen public history seminar students, under the guidance of Dr. John W. W. Mann, created “Through Daniel’s Eyes: The Photography of Daniel Bastian Nelson.” The family of Daniel Nelson donated a collection of 415 glass plate negatives, with images captured in Eau Claire between 1898 and 1919, to McIntyre Library’s Special Collections and Archives Department. The class collaborated with the Chippewa Valley Museum to display Nelson’s work using five interpretive panels plus an introductory panel, accompanied by select photographs that support a common theme. The five themes chosen by the students are: the built environment, saloon culture, sports and leisure, Putnam Park, and flooding. Each panel explores the role its theme played not just in Nelson’s life, but in Eau Claire during his lifetime.

As a public history major, I was one of the students to take part in the Nelson project. Our class received our assignment, then went to the Special Collections and Archives to view the photos. Set out on the five tables in the reading room was the legacy of Daniel Nelson and the story of Eau Claire more than a hundred years earlier. We committed the collection to memory then met later and brainstormed ideas for five themes. After throwing around countless pitches, we settled on the five themes that would dictate our project. Two other students and I were in charge of the saloon culture panel.

To create our panel, we researched saloons and taverns in Eau Claire during Daniel Nelson’s lifetime. We looked at how many there were, where they were, and who typically ran and frequented them. During our research, we often came across not just supporters of saloons, but also their critics. This aspect could not be ignored, and so we included Eau Claire’s most dedicated prohibitionist, Waldemar Ager, in our story. Once we pieced together our narrative, it was time to piece together our panel.

Our class created a uniform template, but each group had to arrange the layout based on their own photos and content. Of all the work we did, this was perhaps the most difficult part. With infinite possibilities and so many variables to consider, we had to find the one layout that worked the best for us. Each group went through several layouts. Thanks to the critiques of our fellow classmates, we were able to find the layout that is the most pleasing to the eye as well as one that takes into consideration the many variables an exhibit needs to be effective for various audiences. It also had to be cohesive with the other five panels.

“Through Daniel’s Eyes” can now be found on the fifth floor of McIntyre Library, with the introduction panel positioned just outside of Special Collections and Archives. The graduate students of the seminar course also created a website to accompany the exhibit, which can be found at http://throughdanielseyes.weebly.com/. The website offers a deeper look into the life of Daniel Nelson, his photography, and turn of the century Eau Claire.

Fall 2016 Pre-Finals & Finals Week Hours (12/11-12/26)

McIntyre Library will be extending its hours the week before and of finals (12/11-12/26). The hours are as follows:

• Sun (12/11): 11 am - 1 am
• Mon (12/12): 7 am - Open 24 hrs.
• Tue (12/13): Open 24 hrs.
• Wed (12/14): Open 24 hrs.
• Thu (12/15): Open 24 hrs.
• Fri (12/16): Open until Midnight
• Sat (12/17): 7:30 am - Midnight

• Sun (12/18): 7:30 am - Open 24 hrs.
• Mon (12/19): Open 24 hrs.
• Tue (12/20): Open 24 hrs.
• Wed (12/21): Open 24 hrs.
• Thu (12/22): Open until 7 pm
• Fri (12/23): 8 am - 4:30 pm
• Sat (12/24): CLOSED

• Sun (12/25): CLOSED
• Mon (12/26): CLOSED 

Good luck on your tests and papers!

Research Coaching @ McIntyre Library

Sign up for a session with a librarian to get advice on starting your research process, to look over your current sources and citations, or to get help wrapping up your research project or paper!

Research Coaching Sessions will be held from 

November 7th - November 18th*

Appointments available at: http://mcintyrelibrary.youcanbook.me

*If the times offered do not work for you, schedule an appointment with a librarian any time during the semester by using the link on our homepage in the "Research Help" box to the right of library search: www.uwec.edu/library